Pruning fruit plants at the right time is an important part of the harvesting process in order to grow a strong, juicy crop in your garden. Tending to raspberries is dependent on the variety you’re ...

13:36, Mon, Aug 12, 2024 Updated: 13:37, Mon, Aug 12, 2024 Pruning fruit plants at the right time is crucial for a bountiful harvest, and this is particularly true for raspberries. Article continues ...

A bit of summer pruning goes a long way to keeping your raspberries healthy and productive. So, get out the mosquito netting, long sleeves and pruners and get busy. The summer harvest is produced on 2 ...

Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...

There is nothing as good as standing in my garden eating raspberries. A fresh raspberry, slid off its white cone and popped, slightly warm, into your mouth, is as good as fruit-eating gets. Growing ...

Raspberry crowns live for many years, but their canes are biennial meaning they live for two years. Each year new shoots grow from buds in the crown. Late in that first summer, these new canes develop ...

Autumn fruiting raspberries, that flower and fruit on the current seasons growth, need their canes cutting down to ground level now. Although there is another option, you could double crop your autumn ...

Summer-fruiting raspberries have finished cropping and it's time to cut down the old fruiting canes to ground level. Tie in the new canes with something like Soft-Tie – a rubberised material that's ...

Add some organic matter to the ground and then make shallow holes and space each cane about 18in apart. Spread the roots out and cover with 3in of soil. Rows need to be at least 5-6ft apart to allow ...

Stawberries may be bigger and cherries more expensive, but your raspberry is, without doubt, the queen of summer fruits. Nothing comes even close for flavour, and those deep crimson hues and sensual, ...